Common Name: Tengara Catfish, Guinea Catfish, Pyjama Catfish.
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| Mystus tengara |
Fishes of the genus Mystus Scopoli are small to medium-sized bagrid catfishes occurring in South Asia. Roberts (1994) recognized Mystus
to have an elongate cranial fontanel reaching up to the base of the
occipital process, long maxillary barbel, very long adipose fin, 11–30
gill rakers on the first gill arch and 37–46 total vertebrae, about
equally divided between abdominal and caudal regions. He included only
eight species under the genus. Mo (1991) characterized the genus to have
a thin needle-like first infraorbital, twisted and thickened
metapterygoid loosely attached to the quadrate by means of ligament or a
small extent of cartilage. Jayaram & Sanyal (2003) and Ferraris
(2007) respectively listed 44 and 33 species of Mystus as valid. This species is easily distinguished by its small size, golden yellow color, and small adipose fin.
